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I have decided that this would be my last post - on this site.I have a new design and domain - www.howardlindzon.com I wanted a simpler and more personal design and to try out the wordpress software.Thanks Loren for getting this done quickly and painlessly - at least for me!If you feel like making CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM - go ahead over at the new site. It is a work in progress but was fun

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Nothing like teeing up on US Open weekend. I love seeing Tiger win and used to root against Phil. I guess I love a winner and now find myself rooting for Phil. No one touches him tomorrow and he wins running away. No more boob jokes. He is the shizzle. I played one of his courses today and fired a low number so now I am a fan of his course design as well. Go Phil.

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One man's boring charts is a another man's porn!

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O.K. maybe not everyone. You need a computer and a connection or access to one and YOU ARE IN PLAY. Chartruese brings home the point better than me with this post .

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Drool .

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I use iMovie on Apple, but this ex=1308024000&en=955796fad5ffa1c9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss"> New York Time's story talks about all the other ways to get home editing done .The content explosion has just begun.

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GolfNow's first video.It sucks, but that is not the point.Zero cost and it can only get better. Great soundtrack guys.

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Love this guy!

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Oldest rule in the trader's playbook - Count on the WUSSES in the US government to pressure the Fed. Today Bernacke has forecasted his hand to the world by saying the US can withstand higher oil prices. Is he just insane! He can't be that stupid. Oil has barely budged to the downside and prices are likely low compared to where they should be.He has become a puppet in record time! He has

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PHEW!!!!Put myself on the line with this Gold and Emerging market trade and it is looking good. India up 10 percent (IFN) and closed on the high. Russia closed up 10 plus percent for the second day in a row.I was hopeful for this rally but you never expect to get paid on risky trades like this.My gold buys intra-day were all positive and I am waaaay long gold right now.I booked some profits at

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The last 4 weeks have really been interesting for me. I have truly found a new tool for trading extremes. ETF's, while still illiquid in many cases, are the new new thing for all types of investors. You must adjust position sizing for the illiquidity factor, but when all is said and doneWHY OWN STOCKS. It will help when options make their entrance into the ETF space but they will. Owning a piece

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Can't resist the good action.

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With India up another 9 plus percent this morning I am saying good bye to all but my original buys. Same with Russia.Feels great to have gotten this one correct after all the worrying.I am not selling gold stocks but did not add. I can press here because I have lightened the load in India and Russia.I am looking around the US stocks now in case the rally is for real. There are a ton of stocks

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I am taking some India profits (IFN) at the open as well as some TRF - my focus through Monday is my Gold trade.Gold bullion is up strong. If it persists, I look for the stocks to open strong, but continue HIGHER throughout the day and expiration so I may pile in if we stay strong through the first 30 minutes.

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Blogging is "tipping" (hate the word, but too tired right now), we all know that. The tools are available and growing exponentially - see all my previous posts. Blogentrepreneurship is "Prime Time".Jeff Clavier, who I met at a web 2.0 unconference and just seems tireless, has my idea of the perfect job. Impossible work, and long hours, but surely rewarding.He has a great post on "

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"I can lose money for you anywhere, anytime""Show me the ...margin call!"There's always a bull market somewhere...until there is a bear market everywhere and you are so mixed up by my shenanigans on CNBC that you are on margin and have lost your wife and your dog just peed on you and your kids are now going to Devry!"At times like these, it is most glaringly obvious why CNBC and their "reporters"

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I am no real estate expert, but here is what I have been seeing and reading the last 24 hours. Jeff Matthews chimes in on New York I have some real estate investments with one of my best friends who develops in Payson and Prescott, Arizona and he says things have REALLY slowed lately and fast! These fringe areas can disintegrate into a sea of illiquidity.On a positive note, the lending business

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In the you "think you are having a bad May and June department":Rumor on the street is that Niederhoffer (legenday trader? for Soros) was down 28.5% in May. Wonder how June is going? And he JUST got to $400 million under management! YOWZA.Back to my struggles:Russia was up 10 percent so that was nice and India up 5 percent. I am still loaded up on these so one more great day would be NICE. I

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A good internet service, while not making it's founders rich day one, can bring riches later on due to the continuing development of wicked internet tools - the same tools that are profiled every day at Mashable and Tech Crunch. The key is to manage the overhead and offer uncommon value, locally and/or globally.I have talked at length about the opportunity in the blogging industry. The stats

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Too many eyes glued to the screens today worried about the next $10 in Gold and 10 points in the S&P.Days like today usually do not give either party what they want, so I would not be surprised to see some chop.If the sellers show up after lunch, the whole late day margin mess will unravel again.People have given up on Russia (not me), so it is having a good day. Nobody could care watch that TRF

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We are due for a pause in the downside looking at the VIX, but the cash position of mutual funds does not get me excited to rush out and get 100 percent invested.Other breaking news:This morning, the heat wave broke in Phoenix - the high will be 109, down from 112. Good news though - A CLOUD WAS SPOTTED OVER THE PACIFIC AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN AUGUST.Listening to our weather forecast is like

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I like Investor's Business Daily.Few opinions, zero a few years ago. Cool charts and information. Well organized. Always adding features. A positive outlook on life in general.VERY AMERICAN. May William O'neal be blessed.One problem is the IBD 100. It is only as good as the MONEY MANAGEMENT behind the scenes. That is the hardest part. Unfortunately, it is like giving people Taser's for

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Talk about an echo chamber. Day three at TechMeme and he is still all over their site. I am close to removing this site from my blogroll as it is starting to seem rather irrelevant. It's becoming a club that I would not want to be associated with. I won't even bother linking, just Google him.I have never seen such ass kissing for a guy in my life.I have met Robert briefly - absolutely a nice

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Bottomless pit continues for now .

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I have been so caught up in my little trading world that I have negelected to post on what really gets me going - INFORMATION. Lot's of new Web stuff introduced today . Ebay integrates Skype into certain auctions, Google launched a Shakespeare site, many more web tools were funded and Fred made anther cool investment . Note to Trader Mike and Bill Cara - OddCast is worth a try.The world

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In euphoric times and ugly times I like to check in on Richard Russell. He is at least 200 years old and has been writing for 199 years.He has seen all the cycles. He is not one to pull punches.I checked in today and he has a few insights, but not much more than I have been writing about here.Richard is correct in saying that margin and debt will bleed you and kill you in markets like this. I

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Funny, but being wrong the last few days has somehow increased my readership substantially.The next biggest readership adder is the Kobe dunks on Nash post . Classic how the internet works. I think it is just my friends from LA pinging away at it and laughing at my expense.One of my fund partners, who surprisingly, is reading my blog from China had a few key comments as per my requests on

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Yikes - I am officially uncomfortable. I like the daily recaps that I get at TraderMike's site Problem is I am long Gold and got longer today. I don't really trade off moving averages much, mainly because I do not trade much anymore, but it looks like Gold is still OK technically. Big Woop. A lot of good that will do me if we gap down again tomorrow.Here is the Gameplan for tomorrow:1. Call

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Hey TINYYes DickIt's 3:00 pm - your turn to make the margin roundsCome on Dick, why do I have to keep making the rounds. Come on Dick, help me out a little Dick, the brokers are ready to hang me. Dick, cut me some slack.No can do TINY.And so it goes. Strong open, forced SELL's on close.Many lives being destroyed in this global selloff. It is a shame really. Speculation is wieding it's ugly

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Ugly.China (FXI) is now down 30 percent off its high of last month, Russia 50 percent, India, 40 plus percent. These are not stocks, these are diversified (LOL) ETF's.The US markets as I again suspected this morning are now down big. These fall positive opens brought to you by CNBC and the BIG Bank traders are just not good. They are just baiting the little guy and the afternoon is met with

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Zales was a disaster :)I am early and wrong on my bigger buys today.Gold is just being wrecked and I will be taking some daytrading losses if we close on the lows.India, Russia - wrong as well. More losses.I think we are close or at a bottom in price, but I am not willing to make or break my year on any one trade.I have gotten some good feedback from readers today and appreciate the emails.I

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I am standing at the mall urguing people to buy gold chains. It seems to be working :)Despite the metals 6 percent selloff, the stocks are rallying off the lows.

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Sticking to my gameplan and stepping up on the metal down nearly 30 bucks more this morning. I think the FED may be forced to cut at this point. When I wrote about seeing Gold back below 600 I really did not think it would happen, at least this soon. Wow.

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I don't understand these flat US openings at all. You can't flush out the margin calls and sellers without panic.This morning Lehman's Degraaf had this to say which is what I suspect as weel and mentioned yesterday:"When the catalyst for a decline remains vague, the decline usually has greaterdurability because the discounting mechanism works with less urgency. There isno doubt that blow-up

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Bought TRF and IFN at the open prints this morning and been buying Gold stocks. The premium on Gold Stock calls is rediculous which means fear is rocketing. This is why it is good to have some cash as the options are just too expensive for the money (my opinion)Covered my Fedex puts.I am amazed that with the crash in metals, oil has not plunged as well. It could plunge $10 at anytime so

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This emerging market article from Bloomberg pretty much captures the current state of Global stock market Panic. How quickly moods can change.What is happening globally is a one month version of our markets circa October 1987. It is a real shame that no one on the net is really covering this well.The global panic does not seem to be bothering US traders this morning in anything other than

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It's late and I am downloading another episode of "The Office". Steve Carroll and the rest of the cast are just freaking awesome. I love this show. I am addicted.I see that the Nikkei is down another 500 plus points. Gold is down another $10.I am setting a late night game plan.I would love to see Gold down another $10-$20 overnight and the US futures limit down. With quadruple option

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The glorious eyeball lottery. Red hot again. Soon to be cold as Ice.I don't believe the Web 2.0 that most of my blogroll covers is a BUBBLE. I think it is vibrant and sexy and an exciting "sign of the times", but, for those Web2.0 companies that have raised money to launch their "EYEBALL", "SOCIAL NETWORKING" "Alpha and Beta" experiment. they better make their funds last. If the market

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Yes there are monetization problems, yes there are spam problems, but we shall overcome!Blogging will lead to the next big burst in internet winners as I have been saying here for a while.Google and Apple are the big public players, but there is so much talent, GLOBALLY, that it is impossible not to have ten baggers in the eventual next leg up. The tool makers will provide some winners as will

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Mentos and Coke - OY - There is a BUBBLE in leisure timeHow can we have a rally in the stock market with this stuff going on...Mixing Mentos and Coke really does make this happen.Enjoy.PS - You Tube just keeps getting better and easier to use. If not them, they are paving the way for the winner, which could still very well be Google.

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Jeff DeGraaf, the uber technical analyst at Lehman is someone I read everyday and pay extra close attention to in times of extreme euphoria and panic.He covers such a broad range of topics and delivers the info in a clear, unemotional way.This morning I picked out a few of his indicators that seemed most relevant to the selloff and they are one of the reasons I have been looking at a trade to the

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Maria Bartoromo (who needs a to chop her hair by the way) just interviewed Soros. Yes she is a little late, being beat to the punch by Amanada from Rocketboom of all people, but she had one good question.WHAT IS THE ONE COUNTRY OR ASSET WORTH OWNING?He believes CASH.Yikes for the bulllish speculators. Do remember that he too is a speculator and is wrong all the time and could be talking his own

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The Templeton Russia Fund (TRF) has been around a long time.The last great boom that began in 1996 carried the stock to 65 from a low of 15.It ended in mid 1997 with the Asian currency crisis and BOTTOMED AT UNDER 8 after the Long - Term Capital Management Crisis (LTCM). Yes - remember those lovable geniuses.This boom which began right after LTCM has carried TRF to the upper 90's. It has been

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There is so much damage to global equity markets , not to mention panic, that anything other than a bounce from these levels would shock me.I have to look at myself in the mirror every morning, so rest asssured, I am not easily shocked.Only those in cash or short have something to smile about today.I had been warning of this since mid May. The rest of the market mavens on my blogroll have as

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At this point, if you are still on margin, you are asking for trouble. The market continues to drift downwards and the Emerging Markets continue to get destroyed.I am taking a loss in Mother Russia and will look to re-enter, but basically that market has seen two years of gains wiped out in 2 months.The Gold stocks are being pounded again despite the stability in Gold.Most worrisome to ME, is

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Back on May 4th, I posted that I was dumping the rest of my Gold stocks and expected a 10 percent correction. Gold was at $680.We are pretty much there. More to my surprise, many of the stocks are down 20-40 percent with the 10 percent drop in the metal.That is very out of whack. The gold stocks should firm and/or we could see another $30-$40 drop in the metal itself.With that in mind, I am

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In the stock market, bottoms and tops are often made on events that no one ever pinpoints beforehand. Markets go up and down further than the experts think and turn for reasons the pundits miss. I just read a great piece in today's New York Times that reports recruiters checking out candidates MySpace and FaceBook pages. It is starting to cost candidates jobs. It is the first time I have read

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TechMeme is reporting that Digg will not just be for Geeks anymore . I say ABOUT TIME!No market is more in need of this service than the financial and stock markets. There are some great financial bloggers trying to offer clear advice and their voices should be heard.As the blogsphere explodes, Digg, Techmeme and others should find a great vertical in financial and stock news.Google has got a

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It has been concluded that the World is Shrinking and/or Flat.There is a power shift underway in every industry - that is fact.A few months back I wrote a post entitled "Honey You shrunk the Trading World." The U.S. is no longer the dog wagging the tail when it comes to financial markets.Today - let's look at media. The explosion of blogs is pushing the media companies to rethink their

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Not much to say other than a complete thrashing was handed to anyone long the global markets. There was no place to hide.Actually, the US Dollar had a good week at the expense of Gold and the Euro. You generally see that when global markets have big selloffs but I was still a bit surprised and I was punished in my small gold position.I have a lot of ammunition if need be and think that Gold

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I am happy to see that India was up 5 percent last night. I really think that Japan bottomed as well as it plunged again mid day and fully recovered to close up nearly 1 percent,I am too lazy to check what happened in Russia, but it was likely up. I will have a glass of Vodka for them tonight in San Francisco.For the US, I don't know who really leads us going forward. It is quite boring for me

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Rest assured that the cheerleading will be in full force tomorrow on CNBC so in honor of that, I bring back my cheerleading dude.It may not last long but it sure got fast and ugly in Asia and Europe and right here in our markets.We closed strong and as Trader Mike points out, the volume was huge. JAPAN is up 1 percent in early trading.I don't think we go stright up from here, but I would not be

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Nice shakeout. I am glad I left and did not press my short trades. Great day on a trading basis for me. I will get stopped out likely on the rest of my SPY puts but am looking great on my gold, russia, japan and India buys. If we close strong I will be adding to India and Japan at the close for the night.

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Who was buying stocks us this morning?One continuing positive "tell" is how Google has held up today. Even with the China scare, the stock is now flat. If I was aggressive, I would hammer the market here in to the close but am content and leaving for meetings. The carnage in emerging markets is frightening. Korea is down 8 percent TODAY (kef), and Turkey which was in a raging bull market 3 month

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Booking some nice profits on some Fedex and SPY puts. Keeping half out there for the end of the day or a close above this morning's high.We are in absolute freefall.That was almost too easy when we went positive. For all the work I put in though, I would like to say I earned this one.Another 100 points to the Downside and I may have to start nibbling on the Dow and S&P on the longside as to my

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I just nibbled at some TRF (Russia) down 10 percent more today. It is a broken country (stock terms), but I can't resist the dislocation.The US markets could get real ugly and I am happy to have had a gameplan for that false positive push at the open.Commodities are truly getting smoked. The US dollar is strong and rates are down. All the normal flight issues in a panic mode.With most gold

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Markets went positive and that seems a little off to me based on the close in Asia.I have bought some deep in the money puts on SPY, FDX and UPS and a few others. I bought EWJ and IFN as well.All my stops are extremely tight as the market could explode in either direction from here.I won't likely post as I watch these positions for most of the day.

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I was excited to wake up and see global markets crashing because I had a gameplan.I turn on CNBC and see the US markets flat, despite my knowledge that it is Asia and India wagging our tail. What gives?The US media will have you believe an Iraqi leader was killed and oil is down below $70. They will also pound the table that inflation is beat and Gold is down $9 more dollars and heading

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I think I may have found a "tell" for calling tech stock tops and bottoms. It is the "nerd bitching" factor. When the "nerds" are bitching - BUY.If you go into my blogroll "nerd section", you will read, with absolute boredom, an increasing drone of whines about Google. It is as if Google is the girl that shunned these same nerds during their high school prom years.Right now, I cannot believe

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The Nikkei is down another 400 plus points tomorrow which is three percent. If the Dow were to drop 3 percent tomorrow, my 107 price for DIA would come into play.Shaping up to be an interesting day for sure. This Google News could be the reason . If it is, it will pass.

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There is a lot of talk in the blogsphere about which type of network works best for bloggers. Chartreuse had the founders of 9Rules write a guest blog today. It does nothing for me, but they say it's working.I have been entering the conversation saying that none of the networks really work if you are looking to monetize.Why? Most bloggers don’t have the tools or solution to properly monetize

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I can't resist contemplating trading gameplans after days like today in the market. Something big is happening. Greenspan was pulled on to CNBC today, Cramer is sweating, Kudlow is back on the bottle, Homebuilder stocks are crashing, India is crashing, Russia is crashing...I sense another good opportunity brewing.Here is my gameplan for tomorrow:I will be watching the open closely.Strong open

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It is quite possible that Gold will now break $600 and I would like to see $580 for a great entry.I am nibbling today on GOLD, AAUK, and NEM. India will rebound and the dollar will stay weak based on our monetary policies. With that in my mind, I have to view the recent drops as an opportunity.

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Dear Al Gore:Global warming is a misnomer. Come to Phoenix. It's a global BOILING.Tonight I watched a serious monsoon storm hit Phoenix. We had one in May. They always come in August.Cheers,Howard

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Now that's a scam!

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Elmer's replacement, Bernanke, is already hearing the catcalls from the media. The guy has raised rates twice and he's now the bad guy. Lest we forget the 14 previous raises by Mr. Fudd! Jeff Matthews, as usual, has a great piece about how they always want to "Shoot The Messenger". READ IT.In the end, Bernake will see that Mel Brooks was right ..."It's good to be da King - NOW PULL!

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Trader Mike has a very hip web 2.0 theme to his stock market portal/blog.Lot's of information for traders, a good mix of commentary and plenty of links. They have been kind enough to post some articles of mine over on the site the past few months and many of his readers have ventured over here on a regular basis. Welcome to the blog and feel free to join the conversation. It is not often

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I love Apple the Company. It is well documented. I have loved Apple the stock until recently. There is a difference. I am stopped out of the stock from a pure price/trend methodology, but I continue to love the products and the Company. Why is the price dropping if Apple is executing all of the following:Madison avenue store - check Best Buy relationship is getting stronger - check Good

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If you have been following the last month of posts on this blog, you know that the markets globally have stunk!All trends end and when they do, profits disappear and slowly your portfolio turns to cash. It is a process. Most of my stock portfolio and hedge fund alloocations follow trend disciplines. One difference is that I do not, nor does my equity trend allocation (Blackstar) short stocks.

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About 10 days ago, I bought a useless piece of "ART" for approximately $50 (number 630) . Today, the cheapest of 1,000 paintings is selling for approximately $150. Number 361 is being sold for $350.When the BBC finishes their interview with the "idea man" behind this spectacle of fluff and noise, there will likely be less than 300 paintings of the original 1,000 to be sold. I told you to buy

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I love walking over to Border's, right next to my personal Apple store, and looking through the newspapers from around the world.When I was a comic, I was too young to think this way. Today, that is where I would start. It is amazing what is front page news from city to city and country to country. But I digress for Mr. Angry !The only financial paper I look forward to seeing is the Monday

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I like Jim Roger's. He's a nerd, but cool. He has had his share of fiasco's in the 40 plus years in the investment game, but he is a big risk taker.He is a true LONG LONG-term trend follower. You don't have to check into his thinking too often because it does not change much. I have been following his commodity calls for the last 4 years years and his call for a single digit Fannie-Mae. When

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I AM NOT A GUY WHO MAKES EXCUSES. EVER!Today, I am just looking for an edge, an angle, a ray of SUN! Something to latch my wide behind onto as I suit up to cheer with the gang tonight at Game 6.If the Mavs, basically Nowitzki, play like they did in Game 5, we don't have a chance. The series has no trends so with some good energy, good officiating (ya right!), a few breaks and some great

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Over at Maoxian, I read two good posts about trends in the global markets. The FANTASTIC thing about looking, reading and thinking about long-term trends is the incredible amount of money you can make with simple insights.The two that stand out to me: The Chinese impact on world tourism . It helps explain the rise we have seen in Boeing. Quite honestly, I did not see or think of this as I have

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The Smith and Wesson chart showed up on Maoxian a few days ago . It is pushing past all-time highs and fits the bill for my equity account right now. I have nibbled on a little. It is a low priced stock with low volume. My stop is $5.20, so I have given it a wide berth and lowered my position size. I may add more in a pullback to the high 6's if and when that happens.

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The new high list is where to look for your winners. Taser hit a new all-time high at $1 (after a 500 percent gain) and went on to $30 of more new highs. Hansen's juice hit an all-time highs at $10 before it hit $200. Apple hit an all time high at $40 in 2005. It still went on to double by the beginning of this year.Leave the new low list to Warren Buffet, the Big Bad Banks and hopers!

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It's been an interesting first five months of 2006. It's a great time to review the good and bad and housekeep on some market trends.Here is my focus right now:I don't short stocks, so I am focused on commodities, GPS companies, Interest Rates and private entrepreneurial endeavors. Inflation is rampant - trust me, I pay the bills in my house. When Ellen and I downsized our home last year and

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My hardest working blogger friend, Bill Cara is starting to really get the recognition he deserves for his tough talk and common sense approach to teaching the common shareholder how to win.Today he got some love on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. He is proving that blogs don't have to be fancy and that long posts will be read, even if you are posting 5-10 times a day, as long as

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Suns and Gold - I can't get enough of either one. As I thought this morning when the stocks opened down 5 percent, the gold stocks came all the way back, despite Gold itself getting hammered. Hope you made some dough. Today, my best buddy Rob turns 39 . Way to go dude. Joint pain awaits.It is white hot here in Phoenix today. I went to take a pee today and dust came out. I am heading over

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The spelling bee rocks. I am riveted to this drama. How this kid just nailed that word just blows me away. 20 kids left and this has to be the most grueling tournament that is run in America. Congrats to anyone that has ever been involved in one of these demanding events.

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I am adding some gold shares this morning that remain in strong uptrends despite the big selloff.Actual gold prices are down $20 again this morning to under $620, now down 15 percent in 2 weeks.UPDATE - Copper is limit down and CNBC is reporting it. Again this is GOOD. The more coverage, the more panic. The PRO's love this. The PRO's buy these headlines that are nicely packaged to millions of

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Wow - just pulled this from George Bush's, I mean Dick Cheney - woops Kenneth Lay's website :Dear Visitor:Now that my trial has concluded, I would like to offer a few brief comments.Certainly, we are surprised at the verdict against me. Perhaps it is more appropriate to say we are shocked, as this is not the outcome we expected.I firmly believe that I am innocent of the charges against me, as I

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On Sunday I did a wrap up of what I saw that was cool on the web. My favorite idea was to buy a painting from "onethousandpaintings" . I am no marketer, I could not put my finger on it, but I do like Art and although this is not construed as Art by most, that did not bother me.So far, I am correct.I like this idea more and more and will cherish my ugly blue number 630 forever (I am selling it

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Wow. Cool. In what capacity. Let me tell you;To shake hands and cut deals for Goldman Sachs. When China cuts bait, those deals will look great for - Goldman SachsHow many trips has he made to New Orleans, to Mexico- to a gas station and grocery store. I don't trust a guy in charge with 700 million to lose of his own money, let alone his closest friends. I smell varmint poontang- you know the

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In the spirit of me asking, Robert Bruce has risked the ire of his father - a devout Laker's fan - to offer us this fantastic Phoenix Sun's ring tone.Play it LOUD, play it PROUD - LOAD IT HERE .

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I have been hearing so much about Microsoft being cheap. Every time I post about Apple (new store, new partner, new computer), I get 50 emails from readers saying - "Microsoft is so much cheaper, pays a dividend, yada, yada..."Good news Microsoft fans, Microsoft is now offering their employees, free towels in the corporate showers and better food !I think it is time I update the title of this

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Rough night for Mark Cuban tonight. I tried to get with him a few times early but was rebuffed. He would have gladly chatted but each time I got close I was a second to late. By late third quarter he had his head down two rows a head of me and I did not have the heart to interrupt his misery. It was sad but made me feel warm.Nowitzki just got taken out of this game with our scrappiness and

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I have enclosed my sincere invite to Mr. Cuban for he or a loved one, or Dallas VIP (ya right - Dallas VIP chuckle) to join me in my seats for Game 4. He has two hours left. Brian - get your private jet fueled from all that web traffic money as you are on deck. In all fairness to Mark - it could be something I said here before the playoffs (what a putz I am) .Dear Mr. Cuban:In the pure spirit

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I am still holding 1/2 Gold stock positions that I purchased (what seems like ages ago), during the recent correction. Luckily, I was watching CNBC's Bob Pisani at the actual bottom moment - when he declared that the pro's were dumping . The stocks I purchased are up 10-15 percent in that timeframe. What a putz. I am sending him a thank-you as we speak. Gold has been surging again today as

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Our glorious President has said repeatedly that he is "about MAIN STREET - not WALL STREET"With his announcement to make Goldman Sach's leader Henry Paulson new Treasury Secretary - could he be further from that goal. It is like he is not even trying to remember an old thought anymore. I like Bill's funny post this morning on the subject with all the appropriate links . AHHHH, the markets are

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With the global markets in turmoil, I have spent the last week checking in on my favorite themes to see which ones I want to add on further weakness.I keep coming back to the Apple theme.Apple and Nike is all about the iPod, Apple and Steve Jobs. Nike has to build and market and distribute everything. Apple keeps selling Ipods and selling singles on iTunes. Not a knock on Nike because it is a

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Having just been stopped out of my RIMM (Blackberry) stock position, I can't wait to try out the products of the companies that may make me stop out of RIMM, the product. Motorola and Nokia have the money and global reach to stick it to RIMM if their products really work. The Motorola Q sure looks good enough for me to switch and has all the bells and whistles.As Seinfeld says in one of his

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While watching my Sun's get thumped last night, at least I had a notion reinforced. The "Cold Call" is so 1980.Mark Cuban was talking (SHOCKER) about how he checks his voice mail every 2 months, but his email every 2 years!What people need to read and hear about is how to execute the perfect "Cold EMAIL". It is just as much an art as the Call. Much easier, but an art nonetheless. So, I have

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I bought the new white MacBook today. What a powerful little toy. I figured it would be perfect for my trips back and forth to Toronto - good battery life, easy to carry, small and loaded with what I need. Too bad my daughter stole it!She has an eMac in her room, but seeing the size, screen, portability and having the home wireless, she had her first Eureka computer moment. Thank goodness my

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The resurrection of Al Gore - a great read from Wired . More on the environmental topic in the New York Times and discussed from a venture point of view from Fred Cool Maoxian saves me reading Barron's every weekend with his recap. Thanks dude. Maoxian also caught this classic IRS behavior. God help us all. CrowdSourcing - Wired has a great story on the phenomenon. I gotta believe this is

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It is fun to see the progress the team has made over at GolfNow.com .Our network is now supporting just shy of 1,000 public courses across the USA and Ireland. The shift from a local areacode based strategy to the GolfNow.com national brand, continues to gain momentum. Our Alexa rating - which I only look at from a trend perspective - is rocking consistently upward . As we move into the

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I have been searching for a cool tool for reviews. Last week I found it and even got to insert it into my blog with a simple cut and paste. Yelp.com is the best total idea I have seen . There are many vertical markets it can deploy and I visualize lot's of opportunity for the application.If I have people that I trust - I would love to know where they eat, vacation, hotel and play. IF

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CNBCheese was commenting how about the Lay and Skilling sentence being the end of an era marred by sloppy accounting and dealmaking.Good point - ass pukes.Enron was a stepping stone. As the bankers see it, the one flaw in Enron was that it was too small. THEY COULD BE ALLOWED TO FAIL.While the US has followed the delightful Lay, Skilling fall from grace and ensuing trial, the banker's have

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